the bailout battle cyprus struggles to meet e.u. demands for a rescue package ahead of monday's deadline with some harsh warnings that europe's patience is running out. ballance flaring in egypt protesters break into the muslim brotherhood building in cairo after trash with riot police outside. striking a deal moscow and beijing agreed to double all supplies to china as president she visits russia on his first official overseas in gauge mint and in a few minutes the chinese leader is giving a speech at a moscow university will bring in. the desperate act of defiance in guantanamo a mass hunger strike is entering its forty sixth day at the pentagon asking for almost fifty million dollars to renovate the new tories prison camp.

welcome good to have you company watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow with may and. now the clock is ticking for the debt stricken cyprus to make conditions for a ten billion euro bailout the country's parliament has approved several key bills restructuring its banks but has yet to decide on the most contentious measure the levy on bank deposits the deadline is monday when the european central bank says it will cut off funds to cypriot banks. is following the torturous to buy in the country's parliament and the mood on the streets. now the cypriot parliament has passed a series of bills which remove part of a package that they will present to the troika to get approval in order to get the ten billion euro bailout they needed to save their country from bankruptcy their banks essentially now one of these bills pass is one on capital controls it could

be imposed on bags essentially means restricting the access of some people or to their accounts and also restricting the flow of money in and out of cypriot bank accounts of the other bill passes creating that solidarity fund which essentially means pooling state assets together to create this fund to contribute to the amount of money they need to present in order to get that bailout again and another bill that was approved was restructuring banks so that people started protesting on the streets when it was announced that one of the conditions is imposing a tax on bank deposits of cypriot bank account holders and the people were certainly not happy with this this would eat into their savings they were worried that they will lose that amount of money now this is still a question and the parliamentarians here are still going to be debating on our how much that will be how a percentage that will be on which kind of back accounts of cypriot bank holders that will be as well so it's still a big question and this is an answer that the people are certainly going to be waiting for have been out into the street speaking to the people on how they actually feel about the decisions that their leaders have been making so we're here

with a meeting void of protesters for the past two days here in cyprus ever since the announcement over the last weekend that the u.s. would be giving them ten billion euros a bailout like conditions that they were willing to accept and it's really been a combination of very fast the derating the bad news for cypriots and also some slow moving developments of finding solutions to the problems that they're facing now there's really a cash problem in the country the banks are going to going to be close until next week many people have already gone out to the street tried to get some money from the a.t.m. the people gathered here it's really an interesting mix and there are some people worried for the possibility of losing their jobs there's even some foreigners who have called cyprus home who are worried about their savings will lose. to some of them and here's what they had to say the banking crisis has affected us too now we can get the money with or and we work in cyprus where not jobless who can get cash out of a.t.m. machines. we've invested our money into the economy in cyprus but they can try to

soften up here what are the grounds for that because. we have to get out of the euro but we would stay home how they would pay us and our kids. we don't accept each other that would be no development with us and nobody would come to the side of the story does not follow the south sea leaders was are those guys over there beyond the characters you must come out. because this word why do you think we ought to let me take some of the solutions i was i was a nation's people coming out to the streets in the past few days many of the people i've spoken to said that the one question on their minds is how long is this going to go on leave we want to know when will that solution might be found reporting for me to see a cyprus test or silly i was told german chancellor angela merkel appears furious

with plan b. is mapped by nicosia after it rejected the levy on bank deposits in parliament she complained of a lack of communication the cypresses leader is a mole and they are playing with fire t.k. a candidate for the bavarian parliament please merkel's harsh rhetoric is because she is feeling the heat domestically. now we're in a complicated situation there and why the european union it is so hard i cannot explain for chancellor merkel it's the elections upcoming in september. that's why she demands that the people of cyprus have to. carry birds your however for me this cannot be a loser solution you cannot solve this situation by adding debt like the term billion now the european union willing to pay as a no one has a guarantee whatever about this will be no sustainable solution for which it will

impose austerity to the people of cyprus they did it for greece and now they change years because because of the upcoming elections the german voters will not go on with a government policy like this the cypriot finance minister has been in moscow in search of a resting deal but returned home and candid is russian investors showed no interest however moscow says the door remains open and is prepared to assist in reaching consensus between nicosia and the e.u. in this artie's news editor i have a quote he explains some believe that means hardline stance stems from german chancellor merkel's desire to gain all she can politically from the situation. this starts at a russia e.u. summit last year when the euro krotz told russia that cyprus would be their problem to solve cyprus had been racked by the greek economic collapse the russians didn't take kindly to that said it's

a euro zone problem and it's not like russians are the only ones availing of cypriot tax loopholes however russia did stop two and a half billion to help trying to keep the island afloat a change in the cypriot government last year delayed any chance of a resolution most notably out of russia e.u. summit last december but it crucially brought the timing of any deal into the german election cycle and this is why merkel is playing hardball merkel's in search of votes she's under pressure at home and explains the euro group's decision to back a raid on privately held posits in cyprus germany's taking a very very hard line on this issue merkel's own compromising stance backed euro group's decision to raid privately held super deposits weekend. and sent the cypriots to moscow looking for help. the russians look at the cyprus approach and say no we're not going to get involved for two reasons one it's a euro zone problem but secondly merkel is going to drive this into the ground she's taking a hard line on the cypriot issue and nobody is going to touch cyprus or until she

has finished the political process or may get into the political capital necessary from this situation to let cyprus off the hook it's going to be a very very long weekend in the halls of brussels and berlin well the escalating crisis in cyprus is sending shivers all across the euro zone emerging markets analyst a mediator nonny told r.t. slovenia could be next in line looking for an e.u. bailout. the cypriot crisis will have broad based impacts across the eurozone and across the wider region but one country that stands out in particular is slovenia slovenia has been standing out as a potential candidate for seeking international bailout for much of the past year and now that we have had the crisis in cyprus form of the proposed bailout and a potential tax on deposits it really creates increases fears in slovenia of what an international bailout might entail so definitely want to want to bear in mind

going forward as long as it's not shut from international markets and i don't think it is they will be fine and they won't have to seek international bailout the condition which would trigger slovenia having to seek international bailout is if the current political turmoil in slovenia carries on and effectively keeps living in the shots living out of international markets under that scenario you might have to seek international bailout and i think the stress points will become visible towards the second half of the when slovenia starts running out of cash. and for more expert analysis and opinions on the deadlock you can head to our website at r.t. dot com and find out why some believe the levy family is a nonstarter and all depositors large and small will have to cough up anyway no matter what the stimulus also online out of your own who can put these are some of the slogans chanted by protesters taking to the streets and you can see and fury over the bailout plan.

russia and china appear to be forging ever closer ties with the two states agreeing major energy and trade deals this is the chinese leader visits moscow his first trip abroad since taking office she chain paying called the accords a breakthrough with russia's rosner now the world's biggest oil producer set to double supplies to china and after more than a decade of talks russia has also agreed to supply china with natural gas parties and he said now it has the details. a slew of deals were signed the most prominent probably being one between ross now which recently bought out t. in k b p to become the number one oil company in the world moving exxon mobil out of it spot they find a cooperation deal with russia with china's top energy company this of course is a tremendous step and will have enormous economic ramifications the main want

a project between russia and china to deliver gas it's very simple china needs gas and russia wants to be that number one provider in russia or china certainly we came one step closer to this now besides energy cooperation another thing they do share which really brings them together is their view of the world they share a lot of points on their stances on many pressing global issues and they are all for pushing the brics to help ship the world and to be a more multipolar one. pushing two powers together with a common goal to shift global balance is forging a tie between russia and china that could soon be unbreakable a new chinese leader his first stop moscow something surely washington must notice but is brushing off no they don't take it seriously at their own peril russia and china fellow brics major trade partners and team players at the u.n. security council were there too often stand up against intervention and to gresham

mosco and beijing are seen really impacts of nature back to tax and they don't want the instability that washington seeks in the middle east beijing and moscow want to do business china is booming and russia is right next door the potential for gas deals and pipelines are vast as soon as the two can agree on a nice russia also sees china as a way to diversify its economy like helping tap untouched water sources in the east and investing in the west now they could join forces on cooperation new. terry lane that is the inevitable i think result of the to tell us that easier pacific. is threatening china on one side and the need to increasing military encircled in the russian on the other side the more the us pushes its agenda in certain parts of the world the closer they push russia and china together that opens the door for

growth and enormous economic ramifications the nations that make up the brics group may be divergent but experts now see they are much more than an acronym coined by a guy at goldman sachs this again is something that russia and china strongly share a belief that brics need to move move forward that they really need to move from being a dialogue based group to a group that sees action there's no doubt that it plays a big role but i think both china and russia would agree and have agreed when it's not playing a big enough role the problem here is that it's not quite putting its money where its mouth is and what needs to happen for brics sabir well to propose solutions for widespread global issues like syria to create this brics development bank which they are planning on moving further on in south africa next week for what they need to do is get that on the ground and running so that they can provide a counterbalance to financial institutions like the i.m.f.

or with russia and china becoming cornerstone brics economies professor joseph chang a political analyst at hong kong city university believes the alliance between the two could serve as a foundation for expanding the group's global sway. brics countries natural to establish effective mechanisms to get their act together i think there is a lot of complimentarity among the brics if you come to me is with china's capital with. i pad. huge surprise of natural resources and so on and of course that being gay it's a very strong common interest in the sense that all five members like to see a larger role you didn't have national community coming up not even close to closing the us turns a blind eye to the plan time and my hunger strike with the pentagon requesting

forty nine million dollars to renovate instead of the thing promises to close it. and wife the money has tongues wagging in the u.k. as it emerges that a london bar of blue coffin million pounds on translations by immigrants who don't even if they. choose your language. calling for a week over the internet will presidential some of the. tunes that use the consensus to. choose the opinions that degrade to. choose the stories that impact the. child's access to often.

welcome back. government protesters have broken into the muslim brotherhood headquarters in the egyptian capital after thousands encircled the offices and clashed with riot police act side the health ministry says ninety six people have

been injured in the latest outbreak of violence which erupted on friday troops as more. chaotic caches continued into friday nights in the surrounding areas of the muslim brotherhood headquarters which is right behind me here in the mccutcheon district in cairo police were fending off protesters from the main gates it is the most headquarters using excessive amounts of take us protesters responded with a moment of cocktails and rocks meanwhile a few hundred meters away protest is engaged with street battles in street battles with supporters of the mission brotherhood who cut ten other q. hours before and attack those demonstrators fleeing the police come fire started friday morning when anti-government protesters decided to march on the headquarters that is a mystery protest against a president who hails from of the muslim brotherhood and also protesting against what was a legit tactic by the missed him by a next attack by mr bobbitt members last week on journalists were seen injuries

coming off the front line with people with severe head injuries in addition to people fainting and vomiting from tear gas and i also saw civilians holding hand made weapons shotguns i wasn't able to ascertain which side they were on but there were a lot of gunfire in these battles between the rival civilian protest groups and basically is what it's showing is a divided egypt as these a civilian protest and continue to clash it doesn't seem to be any hope of dialogue between oppositional forces and the president protesters here say that there's been no change in the last two years in egypt the president common morsy is ignoring their main demands and instead they have a constitution that has been written by an islamist dominated constituent assembly the brotherhood for their part say the demonstrators of violence and head to the headquarters and therefore they've been responding in a way of defense what is really showing is that there's very little hope of a unified egypt on the horizon. the guantanamo bay hunger strike has gone beyond the critical forty five day mark when doctors say the body is deprived of nutrition

officials at the detention center in cuba have acknowledged more detainees are joining the protest over alleged mistreatment this comes amid a pentagon request for forty nine million dollars to build a new prison building and carry out renovations despite a four year old promise to shut it down again each again as this report. the spokesperson for guantanamo robert zubrin responded to ortiz inquiry here's what he writes as of friday the twenty second of march twenty thirty and we have twenty six hunger strike is with a receiving end to all three this is an increase from thursday which was twenty five and eight we have two detainees in the detainee hospital for rehydration an observation on mental feed last time robert during got back to us was last week also on friday saying there were fourteen detainees who refused all food although defense attorneys had been saying there were many more on their overdue end says there are twenty six we cannot independently verify these numbers or any of this so

we have to rely on the response that we get from the officials and the detainees lawyers and here's the latest from the attorneys apparently there are now denied direct access to their clients in guantanamo attorney say they had a visit scheduled for early next week with one of the clients who lost thirty pounds that's almost fourteen telegrams since the strike began at the beginning of february that visit was approved by the military but the lawyers say they've just been informed by the authorities that they cannot visit the client because the military flight scheduled for next week was canceled also most recently the navy decided to discontinue commercial flights to the camp so tourney's are really struggling to find out the true extent of what's happening in guantanamo now and not just the attorneys but we journalist as well i spoke with a lawyer who was denied access to her client in guantanamo this week she told me there is a sense among defense attorneys that they are being deliberately ignored by the authorities so as today there is nothing that we can do we have sent e-mails to the

department of berms to the commander. asking them. to talk to us about the detainees condition and we have heard no response so there's a sense of helplessness among the attorneys as well a few months ago the state department shut down the office that was working to close the prison and on top of aig the u.s. south and. amend and that's the comment that oversees guantanamo has just with quested forty nine million dollars tool building new prison building at guantanamo bay for quote unquote special detainees on top of other renovations it says are necessary sense washington decided to keep it open indefinitely the military said the national parks being a bill for upgrading the deteriorating facilities would be almost one hundred ninety six million dollars and all of this effectively means that the detainees are stuck in this legal limbo up indefinitely while only worthington an investigative journalist and filmmaker says the public has the power to push president obama towards for filling his promise to close the camp until last week when there was

sufficient pressure from the media the us administration was claiming that nothing was happening at all this big gulf between what the lawyers are saying and what the administration is saying is indicative of the administration still trying to clamp down on it they don't want this story out and i think that that means that there is a very big story going on and that what we must do is keep hammering away at the administration to tell the truth about what so many and to respond in a way that is appropriate so by making sure that the guard force is going to animals behaving with respect towards the prisoners but most of all by releasing the prisoners who have been cleared for release and buy them for the president to revisit his failed promise to close the prison and before his second term in office is over to fulfill that promise. political correctness may be leaving british

taxpayers pockets in attempt to accommodate non english speaking immigrants one london can sue half a million pounds on translations that will never be read. as taking to the streets to see what locals have to say about their hard earned money being lost in translation. for those who live in the u.k. and don't speak english the british government's been understanding for the past several years that's because local councils translate information about their services into up to as many as seventy different languages so whether it's your pitch and feeding instructions and or do or leaflets about how to lose weight in the choice of punjabi. it's available and courtesy of the u.k. taxpayer and this north london bar a hiring day the local town hall wasted almost wholesome million pounds translating documents that no one ended up reading leaflets included schools guidance french somali and hard cash as well as

a gay lesbian bisexual and transgender services directory and friends they meet reflects what they're doing and before they commit mass amounts of money terrible waste that is not right when i see people homeless on the street. we need to get messages across however people from different backgrounds with english is a second language slave will show great responsibility to learn english as well the minister for local government eric pickles says that the u.k.'s immigrants need to improve their english while local governments could do with brushing up on them mom according to pickles putting a stop to be exorbitant translations of public information could help to save money for portions worsening economy as well as help to improve the english of immigrants and help to integrate them into british society we need to start getting immigrants to work for the. u.k. as opposed to the u.k. spending

a lot of money on immigrants we should try and help them but not to extent of wasting it to council should have a policy of we shouldn't buy stuff from needless stuff especially when budgets already been cut translations across all public bodies cost the u.k. government one hundred forty million pounds a year the result something the local government minister calls an incompatible situation where no one speaks english as their main language into many british households so if he can agree to a local council newsletter in bengali arabic or somali he might think about signing up for some english lessons otherwise it could all greek to you. but we're still waiting for chinese president xi jinping to take the stage to the most a university of international relations where he's due to address students there soon as he does we will bring it to you live in the meantime it's. breaking news that.

there was a time in america when buses were officially segregated and today if they tried to resegregate the wall next to there would be outrage throughout the usa every t.v. channel newspaper so segregation in america was wrong but now america funding for via foreign aid seems to be a ok and jim dandy arab language leaflets have been spread around west bank in palestinian areas asking residents to start using special bus lines plans to put palestinians on separate bus lines were first announced in november of two thousand and twelve after some complaints by jewish settlers of trouble on the buses between passengers of different ethnicities in regards to the special bus lines it's really human rights. but so am said the attempt to segregation is appalling and the current arguments about security needs

an overcrowding must not be allowed to kemel flushed blatant racism you know when south africa had apartheid they were slammed with sanctions including from the us but if you're israel go ahead and segregate all the buses you like and you'll still be the us is top recipient of foreign aid at three point one billion dollars a year if there's one thing i don't like it's hypocrisy like this but that's just my opinion. to live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous and lucky i got so many i mean. i know that i'm still really not so. we're all very so closely. the. worst super glue thing the white

house or the. radio guy minestrone. what hope for about a good cause you've never seen anything like this until. you get. what's going on guys i'm abby martin and this is breaking the set so a couple of days ago the cia's chief technology officer gus hunt laid out the candid truth when it comes to the agency's insatiable craving for more and more and more information you see the agency just signed a ten year deal with amazon for six hundred million dollars cloud data storage service supply quite a lot doesn't it well this week good old gus revealed why what he said quote the value of any piece of information is only known when you can connect it with something else that arrives at a future point in time. since you can't connect dots you don't have the drives us

into a mode of we fundamentally try to collect everything and hang on to it for ever wait wait wait how. would this. oh my god forever well cia here's just another show to add to the never ending data file you surely have on me so let's break that so. let's. just do you ever see anything like. obama just wrapped up his first presidential trip to israel and palestine during his three day visit he spent ninety nine percent of his time in israel meeting with officials making symbolic gestures and touring the country and yet in palestine he spent nearly hours briefly meeting with the palestinian authority and visited.